It was a haunted house waiting to happen, a place that craved paint of every color, two bricks away from condemnation. No one in his right mind would step inside, let alone buy it.
Ace fell in love.
He wanted to give it new life - his new life. And as a bonus, the insane amount of work it would take would also help take his mind off Cameron.
He wanted to paint himself into a fairy tale, all warmth and coziness -- with a touch of darkness. So he went to town on the walls, filling them with royal colors, deep and rich. And he then filled those walls with any random piece of art or rusty metal or salvaged road sign that caught his eye.
He wanted to feel tucked into this house. And it worked. He could look around his little nest with a lot of satisfaction and know that he created a perfect
